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Blurring the lines between fan and team assistant, one Box Elder sports fan has rarely missed a game for decades. Franny Rosette has been going to Box Elder games for more than 20 years, according to her nephew, Tom. Rosette was cheering on the Lady Bears in their game against Chinook Thursday afternoon as the team competed for the 9-C championship. Rosette said she loves going to the games. She even helps the players get ready for them. "I wash their uniforms and get them... Full story
MISSOULA (AP) — Montana's attorney general is asking the U.S. Justice Department to send him the evidence in sexual assault cases the agency believes the Missoula County attorney's office should have prosecuted but didn't. Attorney General Tim Fox made the request in a letter to Montana U.S. Attorney Michael Cotter on Thursday, the Missoulian (http://bit.ly/1myLjlj) reported. DOJ spokeswoman Emily Pierce said Friday the agency has received the letter and is reviewing it. "All confidential or private information provided to t... Full story
It was an up-and-down senior night in the Armory Gymnasium. And while the No. 22 Montana State University-Northern women's team raced past Rocky Mountain College, the Battlin' Bears men spoiled the party. In front of a sold out Armory on Friday night, in what was billed as the NAIA Game of the Week, the No. 10 Bears defeated the No. 18 Lights 77-66. The win clinched the Frontier Conference regular season title for RMC, while the Lights finished the regular season with a 11-5... Full story
Another busy day of the 9C tournament is in the books and Saturday's games are set. Friday at the HHS gymnasium, Hays-Lodge Pole beat Turner 80-56 and North Star took down Big Sandy 54-28 in boys loser-out games. In the girls loser-out game, Big Sandy beat Turner 62-35 and Box Elder beat HLP 68-7. Saturday's consolation games will pit Big Sandy against Box Elder on the girls side and HLP against North Star on the boys side. At the District 10C tournament, the C/J-I girls advanced to the championship game with a win Friday... Full story
I am a general medical practitioner, with 30 years experience in north-central Montana, and have lived in this community for more than 20 years. Montanans Against Assisted Suicide has decided to appeal its case with the Montana Medical Examiner Board to the Montana Supreme Court, and I am glad to see it (online at http://www.kxlh.com/news/kxlh-evening-top-news-wed-feb-21). My hope is that the appeal will end the controversy about assisted suicide possibly being legal in Montana. My concerns about legalizing assisted suicide... Full story
Laurel — Havre High School‘s wrestling team has done the town proud again by winning the Montana Class A championship. This is the second year in a row. There were some exciting matches, en route to the title, including the championship match between the Adams brothers. Dart — Montana officials believe that governments closest to the people should be making decisions — unless the government closest to the people is the city of Missoula. A few years back, the city passed an ordinance banning discrimination against gays. Conser... Full story
Finland’s Reindeer Herder’s Association is trying something new this year to help save reindeer lives: glow in the dark reindeer. The story was originally reported Monday by Finnish national broadcaster YLE, but the title read “Poroille tarkoitetun heijastinsprayn tehtävänä estää liikenneonnettomuuksia,” so we hear straight from BBC.co.uk translators Tuesday that “Reflective reindeer antlers aim to stop accidents.” Apparently, as many as 4,000 reindeer are killed in traffi... Full story
We go back to Box Elder for the seventh installment of this series celebrating the 150th anniversary of Montana Territory. The following entries come from the Feb. 20, 1914 issue. When we last read about Box Elder, they were preparing for a large gathering of the Box Elder Basin Development Association and the Farmer’s Institute. A lengthy article ran on the front page announcing “Combined Meeting Was Big Success.” Conservative estimates, according to the article, say between 300 and 400 people attended this meeting. Of cours... Full story
An unlikely hero emerged in the District 9C boys semifinal basketball game on Thursday night in Havre. Playing at the Havre High gymnasium with a championship game berth on the line, the Chinook Sugarbeeters and Hays-Lodge Pole Thunderbirds were locked up in a very tight game. But heading into the fourth quarter, it was the Beeters who were able to widen the gap and earn the 52-44 win. The win means the second-seeded Beeters (13-7) will face the Box Elder Bears in the title... Full story
Vinyl records seemed to drop off the earth with the advent of more compact CDs and MP3s that were to take their place as the ultimate music medium, but after CDs were introduced in the '80s and popularized in the '90s and MP3s coming fairly close to making music au gratis of record companies, vinyl records are rising from the grave. According to Nielsen SoundScan, which has been collecting data on music sales since 1991, record sales were lower than a half million copies in... Full story
On Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, our dear Bob peacefully passed from this life to eternal life with our Lord Jesus Christ his Savior. He was surrounded all day with the love of family and friends. Robert Alan Hayes was born in Kittanning, Pa., on Oct. 29, 1951, to Virginia K. Flenner Hayes and Dr. Sidney J. Hayes Jr. His family moved to Billings in 1959, where he and his brothers spent their boyhood days hiking, climbing the rims, riding horses, and working on Model A Fords. He... Full story
Havre Police Department Officers investigated a 9:17 a.m. Thursday call from 12th Avenue about checks that were stolen, one of which was cashed a casino. ——— Edward Charles Isaacson, 34, of Havre was arrested on a charge of violation of a protective order after officers responded to a 5:57 p.m. Thursday complaint at the police station about a restraining order violation. ——— Two people were arrested after an officer investigated a 12:03 a.m. Friday disturbance at an 11th Street West business about a couple people fighting. H... Full story
A Havre man with a lengthy criminal history is going back to the state prison for a lengthy stay. David Lee McKinney, born in 1976, was resentenced this week in state District Court in Havre to eight years in prison for violating probation on a sentence for a 2008 offense. Another four-year sentence followed by four on probation for a 2013 drug offense to which he pleaded guilty was added on. McKinney — and his girlfriend, Rebecca Lightfoot — were charged after officers said that when they served a search warrant on the coupl... Full story
Montana’s U.S. senators are weighing in on an effort to increase international trade in north-central Montana. Democratic Sens. Jon Tester and John Walsh this week sent a letter to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection requesting a three-year program extending hours at the Port of Wild Horse, north of Havre on the Canadian border, year-round. Havre Mayor Tim Solomon, who co-chairs the Wild Horse Border Committee working to get for an upgrade of the port, said the committee has been pushing for that three-year p... Full story
Thursday's 9C Photo Gallery... Full story
Thursday's Scores The Associated Press BOYS BASKETBALL Glendive 59, Sidney 36 Missoula Hellgate 74, Missoula Big Sky 47 District 1B at Cut Bank First Round Rocky Boy 85, Conrad 67 Shelby 45, Cut Bank 36 District 2B at Malta First Round Harlem 49, Wolf Point 36 Plentywood 55, Poplar 44 District 3B at Colstrip Semifinal Forsyth 82, Colstrip 52 Lame Deer 82, Lodge Grass 74 District 4B at Red Lodge Semifinal Columbus 62, Joliet 37 Huntley Project 73, Shepherd 38 District 5B at Belgrade First Round Big Timber 51, Manhattan 36... Full story
The Montana State University-Northern wrestling team has been through a roller coaster of a season. Still a serious contender for an NAIA national championship, the Lights have had to endure a number of hardships. Injuries, wrestlers deciding to leave the team and a tough stretch in January have tested the resolve of the Lights, now ranked sixth in the NAIA. But as they head to this weekend’s Western Regional Qualifier in Menlo, Calif., the Lights are once again looking l... Full story
In one final night of Central A basketball action, both the Havre High boys and girls basketball team will wrap up the 2014 regular season. When Havre meets up with the conference rival Browning Indians Saturday, a regular season title is on the line for the Blue Pony girls (6-1, 11-6), while the Blue Pony boys (4-3, 6-11) are playing for bragging rights and momentum. Saturday in Browning the HHS boys will face the Indians at 5 p.m. And Saturday in Havre the HHS girls will... Full story
Randall Gardipee has been a standout basketball player on the Hi-Line for the last four years. And great season after great season, Gardipee has even managed to be more of an impact player in his final season for the District 9C Box Elder Bears. There have been some memorable moments for the Bears in recent years, especially last season. A year ago the Bears had big games like a triple-overtime win over Big Sandy to win the 9C title. But there have been no letups since that hi... Full story
A three-game losing streak with two losses coming at the hands of the top two Frontier Conference powers didn’t exactly have the Montana State University-Northern Skylights in panic mode. However, they were extremely focused on stopping that streak against the dangerous Dickinson State Blue Hawks Thursday night in the Armory Gymnasium. And the No. 22 Skylights didn’t just stop the skid, they put the brakes on it in a big way, blowing out the Blue Hawks 65-42 Thursday nig... Full story
Tonight, the Montana State University-Northern men’s basketball team has what can only be described as a winner-take-all game with Rocky Mountain College in the Armory Gymnasium. But if the Lights didn’t take care of the struggling, but dangerous, Dickinson State Blue Hawks, tonight’s game wouldn’t really be the NAIA Game of the Week. Instead, No. 18 Northern took care of business and then some, blowing out the Blue Hawks wire-to-wire Thursday night at the Armory Gymnasi... Full story
The Chinook girls basketball team is experienced, and are the defending District 9C champions to boot. But those facts didn’t stop the Sugarbeeters from having to deal with some opening-game jitters in their semifinal bout against the young Box Elder Bears. Still, Chinook, which went unbeaten during the 9C’s regular season, proved too much for the Bears and advanced to yet another 9C championship game under head coach Charlie Robinson. Thursday afternoon at the Havre High gym... Full story
It’s no secret the Box Elder Bears like to play fast. The No. 1 team in all of Class C basketball loves to light up the scoreboard, and loves to play just as frenzied on the defensive end. And it really wasn’t a secret that the underdog North Star Knights would try and slow things down the best they could in their semifinal matchup with the Bears Thursday afternoon. And while the strategy appeared to work for a little while, it wasn’t nearly enough for the Knights to have... Full story
For towns up and down the Hi-Line and beyond, the District 9C tournament is more than a big deal … It’s a way of life. As soon as the first basketballs hit gym floors in December, the countdown to the 9C tournament begins. And this week’s 9C tourney is no exception. This week is a celebration of Class C basketball and it’s a celebration of school and pride in the area. However, one year from now, the tournament will have a much different look, and that’s a very good thing. Re... Full story
Mistakes are magnified come tournament time, and the Big Sandy Pioneers know they let a winnable game slip away against the North Star Knights in the District 9C girls semifinals. The No. 2-seeded Knights defeated the No. 3 Pioneers 48-35 Thursday night at the Havre High Gymnasium. With the semifinal win, the Knights will face Chinook Saturday night at 6 p.m. for the 9C title. The loss puts the Pioneers in tonight’s 6:30 loser-out game against Turner. “They (North Star) are... Full story
